“Even when zoomed in, it’s hard to define exactly what the object is.”

But is it? While the strange shape can at first be difficult to recognise, as The Sun later points out towards the end of their article, there’s also the distinct possibility that Google’s cameras have simply picked up a “fast-moving butterfly caught in a single shot”.

Part of the evidence for this is that the UFO is only visible in one frozen moment in time – if you move your virtual location to where the cameras captured the next image, it’s no longer visible (which is what you’d expect from a butterfly’s erratic flight).

“Of course,” The Sun acknowledges, “a UFO might also avoid sticking around for too long, so we may never know.”

Oh, I think we know.

I think we know that this image – which was captured all the way back in 2011, so is hardly even a topical example of suspected UFO spotting – is indeed a butterfly.

I’m no lepidopterist (that’s a fancy word for moth and butterfly scientist), but given the appearance and habitat, this mysterious UFO could be a swallowtail, maybe one like this – the Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes), which is found in swampy areas, including those of Florida!